Surviving the Late Ming: Rising from a Salt Merchant

In 1628, the first year of the Chongzhen reign at the end of the Ming dynasty, the imperial court faced troubles at home and abroad. Wei Zhongxian had fallen, but remnants of the eunuch faction remained. The Later Jin was rising in Liaodong and repeatedly raiding the borders. Rebellions were spreading across the country, with peasant uprisings brewing beneath the surface. A climatic cold spell brought years of famine, leaving the people displaced and destitute. The Great Ming dynasty was battered by storms and teetering on the brink of collapse. The protagonist transmigrates as the son of a small salt merchant in Yangzhou. Faced with the coming age of chaos, he must find a way to survive and prosper in this turbulent era.